Re: Augd Digest, Vol 2, Issue 153
Re: Augd Digest, Vol 2, Issue 153
- Subject: Re: Augd Digest, Vol 2, Issue 153
- From: "Nigel's List Account" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 01:39:27 +0200
With the latest financial results apparently saying 40% of Apple sales
come from outside of the US, why are MUG support resources so US
centric? Isn't it about time the powers that be realised that there is a
whole world out there, loving Apple products and looking for ways to
support the brand through MUGs and word of mouth.
How about excluding all the "US only" special offers from mailings to
the rest of the world? I'm fed up of reading that most of the offers and
discounts are not available for my members...
Nigel MacGeorge
Basel Mac Users Group, Switzerland
www.baselmug.ch
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Mug InfoManager for Monday, October 10, 2005 (Greg Sharp)
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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 14:45:24 +1000
From: Greg Sharp <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Mug InfoManager for Monday, October 10, 2005
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On 12/10/05 5:01 AM, Paul Richards wrote:
User groups which choose to do so can execute a written limited
license agreement to use one of Apple's word marks as part of the
group name. The Syracuse Macintosh Users Group is one such group.
Yes, Apple reserved the right to revoke at any time. Hopefully they
won't get totally bone-headed about this whole thing. I don't see how
they benefit from this either.
I suspect licensing is behind Apple's move to crack down on AdSense
customers. Apple has also just announced it will be charging a 10% licensing
fee (based on gross not net cost) to all its partners who make iPod
accessories (industry standard is between 2-3% normally). It appears they
are doing a Microsoft and plan on increasing their revenue streams via these
licensing fees. Already many manufacturers are reconsidering their future
with regards working with Apple and openly admit that this can only result
in higher prices for their products and less choice for consumers. The only
winner here is Apple, everyone else looses.
America is a litigious culture and companies like Apple become obsessed at
protecting their intellectual property at all costs. We have seen them crack
down on supporter/rumour sites like ThinkSecret, force sites like the
iPodLounge to change their name, appropriate the intellectual works of the
Konfabulator developers and re-brand it as Dashboard and now the AdSense/
iPod licensing issues. Just look at how they no longer supply a firewire
cable with iPods & just supply a USB2 cable. This was done to save a few
dollars & keep their new Windows customers happy. The Mac faithful who
supported them over the bad years were ignored and had to buy separate
firewire cables.
None of these issues mean much in themselves but as a trend indicates Apple
is getting much tougher and now puts the holy dollar as a much greater
priority than its users or at least that's the feedback I keep getting back
from the Mac stalwarts in the various MUGs I deal with. Apple may make good
products but at the end of the day the only thing that counts is the bottom
line.
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